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Country: France

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard is a soccer club founded in 1928 by Jean-Pierre Peugeot. Taken over by the Nenking Group in 2019, FC Sochaux-Montbéliard aims to regain its place among France's elite while retaining its culture and identity.

News

Soccer: Sochaux saved from bankruptcy by a unifying project 20/08/2023

  • Soccer Club Sochaux-Montbéliard has been bought out by Jean-Claude Plessis and Pierre Wantiez.
  • The club's administrative demotion began on June 28.
  • Financing was raised locally from forty investors from the Franche-Comté and Alsace regions.
  • Two local authorities, Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération and the Doubs département, each contributed 1 million euros.
  • The Sociochaux association has raised over 500,000 euros thanks to 6,800 contributors.
  • The Sociochaux association will participate in the capital and governance of FCSM.

Romain Peugeot buys FC Sochaux 27/07/2023

  • Chinese conglomerate Nenking sells control of Ligue 2 club FC Sochaux.
  • The buyer is Romain Peugeot, great-grandson of the club's founder
  • Romain Peugeot will acquire 67% of the capital for around 8 million euros
  • Nenking will retain 33% of the capital
  • The club left the PSA fold in 2014
  • The state of the club's finances led the DNCG to demote it to National 1.

Sochaux bets on debt 30/03/2023

  • FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in search of Ligue 1
  • Owned by the Chinese Nenking Group since 2019
  • In 2022, posted a deficit of nearly 8.5 million euros
  • Owner paid 10 million euros in June 2022 to go before the DNCG
  • Accounts in the black in 2020 and 2021 (profits of 5.1 and 2.1 million euros)
  • Club sales up from 7 to 9.65 million euros between 2021 and 2022

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